New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-30
THE WORCESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL.
THURSDAY, THE IMPORTANT DAY.
SOME FEATURES or THE CoNCERrs-ARrIsTs WHO
WON APPLAUSE.
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WORCESTER, Mass, Sept 2s-The weather clerk
frowned to-day on that which tradition has set apart
% the most brilliant day OF tho festival week Thursday
10 parade day. which all the principal performers
put their oveest gowns and exhibit themselves and
their In succession ut the evening cos
cert rule, the audience 10 keyed up to little
higher pitch Thursday and thsre more enthusiasm
or at least heartisr demonstraton Of delight This
traditional feature is Of the blemishes OF tho
festival in the eyes Of those who think that great musical
gatherings occurring annually Ike these, Or bienniay
like the famous at Cincinnati, should further
what called the festival idea-that tho idea which
lies at bottom of great choral performances No u-
steal meeting has right 70 be considered festival that
does present something which not possible to the
ordinary concert Half Q dozen concerts Ike that
Of to night In succession would be simply
musical dissipation, an aesthetic spree, much
more likely to lead TO headache and
dssrdered stomach than 10 advance musical culture IL
is ike acting the glutton one day and eating nothing
during tho rest Of the week Tho Worcester association
sowly improving its schemes and would do btless do
20 faster we're not hampersd by the desire to put
money In It's purse and the conviction that
community that takes nearly all Of Its years
music at dose must have thick sugar coating
on the pill. This 10 not doinr justice
to tho festival patrons The audiences have shown
really JuQRmout IulS Wooh. Ahoh spP'~'~A
has not once conditional tho szo OF the letters
which 81 gers name Is printed the wall bills, but
always on tho merit Of the performance This was
strikingy attested tonight whep Madame Hastrelter
called out the first enthusiastic demand for an added
piece, and Miss Adele Aus der Ohs received
the first decided ovation OF the festival
The reasons were not hard to find Madame
Hastrelter sang tho tender song Of orpheus
over his dead Eurydce with much pathos aud
with voice full OF warm emotion. and all the other
singers Mr.. Toedt and MI Heinrich had only vo-
Called" II tho dreadful verb may be pardoned
Madame yalda strove vaantly to win SIMILAR laurels,
but It did lie In her voice her style to achieve them
In the Same degree, although she too won
recall for the "Caro Nome" from "Rigoletto."
As for Miss Aus der Ohe she played the Il
Fat concerto OF List with such dash, briliancy power
and beauty OF tonal effects withal 1.-THE latter quay DC
present much higher potency than at her memoraos
first performance OF the Same work at MI eeidrs hrst
concert in stenway HalD that the orchestral players
wero moved to welcome her VITA fanfare when she re-
turn.d To the stage to bow her acknowledge
ment and eventually to supplement- the concerto
with LISTS transcrp. OF the Spinning song from
wagners Flying Dutchman" This, ballad, "stay
with Me- Ny Maiden, Stay" sung by Hasrssr, and the
vase Song from Romeo and juliet" sung by 'aida
were the only added pieces up TO the present
Two other OF tonghts concert deserve atten
tention. The concert opened with a motel by
Mozart, Deus tibi laus ct honor" for solo
and quartette chorus Organ In supporp ana
orchestra IL Is refreshingly tunsful composition.
much like many hundred pages OF MozsrCs other works.
but IL made impression because OF tho simple
loneliness OF It's and the Imposing volume Oh tone
with which choir sang part This style or music
DroSIseiou thG boaSrisss the pad part
.rliozs "Dam nation" Will DO largely uissipstou To-
morrow. when Elijah" Is sung.
The other schsrZo for orchestra composed
by o. Brown, OF Boston. This was the only reprcsen-
taon In the festival scheme which American composers
have and fell considerably short the standard set 6y
Mr. Browns younger colleagues at the meeting OF the
Music Teachers National Association in ln-
dIanapols last July. IL Is not only old-tashiohed
In treatment, but almost too ingenious Id iosss
TO entitls It to representative position. IL
10 an absolutely mar piece OK writing Unich
says what little has 10 with childish dlrectness ct
the outset but nevertheless continues with muca tera
form" Mr. Browl, who Is . music teacher IN the pub
lie schools OF Boston snd the arranger OF the panoore
accom- pa nmeHt Gounods Mors ct Vita" conducted
his swn work stifly and with tho unchSngins beatd
metrsD0me.
The other numbers OF the progra mme wsre:
"why do the Naonsl" Handel 3D. NJ. BabcockI;
"Cujas Amman" Rossini a. 1. King; "Isvitation
to the Dance" BsrioZ- Weber tOrcnesra; sextet
from Lucia. Doainett tNe,dames valda
Jordan and Babcockl; overture to "wsm Toll RossinL
In the afternoon Mendslssohn's music to Midsum-
mer Nights Dream was given. the connecting text being
read amateurshly BY Eben Francis Thompson Worces-
lawyer and tho short solos being sung 6y Mrs. j.
Bentley aud Miss Hattie J. Clappsr. The orchestra
pay ed tho overture aud the Dtsrmezzo beautifully.
The day full Of music and social delights. In the
forenoon vsds. Hastreitcr. King and Myron w. Whit
ns DnS S ca' tn: her. aAoo and
to sons fresh choruses in return. and st one
o'clock there reception aud lunch at the house OF
festival artists the officers of the association their wives
and few visitors from out OF town. ii. 4.